Watson pays the price for errors ...

HEATHER WATSON paid the penalty for too many unforced errors after she lost to America’s Sloane Stephens in the second round of the French Open.

The British No.3 started the match with a perfect record against Stephens, having won all four of the pair’s previous encounters, but her opponent was too strong in Paris and eased to a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

It means Watson is still to reach the third round at Roland Garros and the world No.45 admits she was disappointed with her performance.

“I think it was more me today, I think I was giving away a lot of free points,” Watson said. “I made a lot of unforced errors. Obviously she played well and did what she needed to do.

“She hit some really heavy balls which pushed me back in the beginning and kind of made me think but I think I was just very inconsistent today.”

Earlier fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki was dumped out of the competition after losing her second-round tie 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) to Germany’s Julia Goerges.

Wozniacki has now failed to reach round three in Roland Garros since 2012 as the Dane was out-powered by a superb Goerges performance.

Goerges, ranked 72nd in the world, has won all three meetings between the pair on clay and Wozniacki admits she has a mental block when she faces the German.

Wozniacki said: “There are just some players that it’s a tough match-up for you no matter the rankings”.

Among those through to the next round through to the third round is Italian Francesca Schiavone, who emerged victorious after another marathon contest with Russian 18th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

The match lasted three hours and 50 minutes, short of their record four hours 44 minutes in 2011, while the final set lasted 94 minutes and included nine consecutive breaks of serve.